17 sets of twins from the same Scottish district set to start primary school
It's the second highest twin intake the area has had after 19 sets started school in 2015.
An incredible 17 sets of twins are set to start primary school in Inverclyde in Scotland in the new term.
The area is already known as ‘Twinverclyde’ for its high rate of twins, with a record-breaking 19 sets starting school in 2015.
This year marks the second highest rate ever recorded in the district.
Most of the class of this year’s twin intake – 15 out of the 17 sets – gathered at St Patrick’s Primary in Greenock for a dress rehearsal ahead of the big day.
St Patrick’s along with Ardgowan Primary will welcome the most pairs, with three sets each joining their respective P1 classes.
Depute provost Graeme Brooks said it had become an annual tradition in Inverclyde to welcome twins into primary school.
He added: ‘Excitement is definitely building for the start of the new term next week and what better way to look forward to that than seeing the pupils here looking resplendent in their uniforms.
‘It’s also a good bit of fun for parents too – and a handy dress rehearsal ahead of the real thing next Friday.
‘We’re lucky to have so many incredible schools here in Inverclyde with every one renewed or extensively refurbished, including St Patrick’s which was rebuilt and opened in 2016, thanks to the council’s unprecedented quarter billion (£250,000,000) investment in our schools estate.
‘But schools are nothing without the children, staff and families who make them and it’s great to see some of the next generation coming through here today and I wish them all the very best as they embark on the next stage of their education journey.’
A total of 147 sets of twins have started school in Inverclyde since 2013, which is an average of 13 each year.
Among this year’s intake are twins Anna and Aaron Fulton, due to join King’s Oak Primary.
Proud mum Arlene said her children would be in separate classes, which she hoped would give them some independence and space.
She added: ‘Seventeen sets of twins is something else, it must be something in the water.’
Last month, ITV’s This Morning shared the story of twin brothers who married twin sisters and both pairs went on to have twin children.
The foursome, from the US, met at a twin convention before falling in love.
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